He had secured 1,347 votes against his rival Khalid Javed of Asma Jahangir's Independent Group who obtained 1,148 votes. Soon after his election as the SCBA president, Zuberi’s impersonators created fake handles and started tweeting in favour of a political party and tried to create a wrong impression that he was affiliated with that party. Also read: Abid Zuberi elected SCBA president“I am not affiliated with any political party and any such propaganda against me is strongly condemned,” the SCBA president said in a statement. Zuberi said he believed in respecting the institutions, an independent bar, welfare of the lawyers and an independent judiciary. He requested social media users to report fake accounts impersonating him, saying @AbidSZuberiASC is his only official Twitter account.

Source: The Express Tribune November 01, 2022 00:15 UTC